as escaping across the border into turkey meanwhile russia is running members of the un security council to encourage the sides to stop violence and start negotiations the kremlin believes president assad has worked to change the situation look around through reforms and his efforts deserve some credit for the u.s. and its west european allies are pushing for action against president assad's regime which they've already sanction and french political analyst peer believes there's an underlying motive in calls for protecting syrian civilians. sanctions in general do not work because countries always find ways to go around that sanctions and saw that sanctions were started only in the town we go on with production of oil although they would be banning of importation so it's not quite logical and most probably syria will find different outlets for for its oil in every single one of these situations because every time that the west or other countries talk about a humanitarian intervention the question that needs to be asked is why there is the

intervention in some countries but not in others for example in bahrain the people wanted to get rid of their regime but since it was so close to us it was no question of a humanitarian intervention and there is no question of the french or the saudi arabia no question of intervention to help the palestinians so the humanitarian question cannot be d. forced political and economic questions you have to find the political and economic and military interests before you start believing in it she manage your own reasons because most in all so-called interventions humanitarian interventions you there's another reason which is far more important. well syria's struggle drags on let's see how it's impacting on the people of the stricken country ortiz i mean they're going to go is there and has been meeting those at the sharp end of the sanctions. and the dealer is a master barber those small his shop was floor until it all ended in a snip. can mean

a customer's that would come from as far as twenty kilometers away from damascus but now the flow has come down a lot first came the unrest then the crackdown then the west quickly stepped in but sanctions have to survive is to put the economic pressure on the cheap the political. the budget and to help the people of syria to achieve the magician aspirations at first all major credit card transactions were stopped earlier this month but that mainly affected foreign tourists because syria runs its own payment system and those with syrian accounts didn't feel the pinch however the e.u. and the u.s. are tightening their grip by imposing oil embargo on damascus so will that have any probable effect on the people here. of course sanctions will have a negative effect on syrian economy it's a diversified economy with a stable deficit which gives it a certain immunity against these sanctions. and this is not just government gloss

in the face of imposed adversity syrian opposition figures are also unconvinced but for a different reason. the syrian government have chosen their path and no matter what measures are taken against them continue down that road. so anxious are sold as a precise weapon to hit the regime where it hurts but syrian evillest say they're too blunt a tool and it's the people who will suffer the most when you are talking about. what we call it it would be my life as a serious citizen of this not only that but while the power dealers of the west in syria trade insults and blow. for syrian workers like nigeria the daily battle is to keep his modest livelihood together while hoping for the best if you are damascus syria. over in libya the old regime may have been toppled but the fighting showing no sign of letting up and the rebels say they've done enough talking. to

you for the latest from the front line in the hunt for colonel gadhafi loyalists remain determined to the end. israeli security forces to shoot at palestinian protesters who are preparing to march in support of their bid for statehood at the u.n. later this month claims it's trying to prevent bloodshed by aiming settlers in the west bank for self defense. is across developments there for us. in some quarters there is talk of a intifada that some will say will be as bloody and as violent as the first two seculars of whom there are some four hundred thousand living in the land that has some two and a half million palestinians in the west bank all bracing themselves for violence as is the israeli army and the israeli police now for several months the israeli army has been preparing in an operation it calls operation some aziz and it's now in the final stages of putting the finishing touches in place to this and we're being told

that they have demarcated resigned around every statement in the west bank and what this means is that palestinians who approach so that beyond that red line will be shot at by soldiers who will have a mission to do this now there also has been intensive training in terms of security groups within these statements they have been participating in drills that the army's been undergoing safian provided with stun grenades with water cannons as well as with tear gas canisters on saturday we saw the largest protest in this country's history way some four hundred thousand demonstrators took to the streets of ten cities here in tel aviv was one of the focal points a number of speakers a number of artists address the crowd they spoke about making history they said really that this was a turning point in the history of this country what protesters have been demanding for the better part of two months is social issue justice really what they saying is that the netanyahu government needs to be focused on issues of security and

focus on internal problems problems such as the high cost of living in this country and this is a criticism that netanyahu is facing a criticism that he is spending too much time on issues on the international agenda rather than addressing real domestic concerns here at home talking to protesters they accuse netanyahu of being the been responsible and of being out of touch with what people in israel are concerned about. and one peace activist from a joint palestinian israeli ngo has told us here in r.t. that it's tel aviv turning to provocation israelis well with protests it may be an indication of the kind of provocation the government is interested to do arms asserted we. already existing try settlers are not the one to be attacked in most of the cases the palestinians they'd be attacked raise the settlers the settlers are heavily armed from the very beginning of the israeli

occupation in the west bank and gaza. what is important is not that we have more arms you cannot do the maximum the question is what are the intentions of the government and this is what is worrying me brute reaction from these already and a brutal policy by the israeli government may be confronted with mass demonstrations inside israel to. the head of nato says the united states military intervention in libya will not end with the capture of colonel gadhafi on the front line rebel forces are waiting for the green light to crush one of the last remaining pockets of resistance by gadhafi supporters rebel negotiators say ceasefire talks in the town of bani walid have broken down but the country's interim government is certain there's still hope for a peaceful solution the national transitional council says two of the colonel's sons who'd been blocking the surrender of bani walid have now left the area and

then clear a number of gadhafi loyalists holed up in the town hundred fifty kilometers from tripoli and have been given until saturday to lay down arms more or less for making a stand in his hometown of sirte and several other areas resulting is where if an ocean reports it's the battle for bani walid that could prove decisive. they've been preparing for this operation for quite a long time with nature helping them clean path towards. military facilities in the area by the way lead has always been known as khadafi stronghold and people from this area have since the beginning of this conflict here in libya been fighting against rebels all across the country and have been dying for. all the time been supporting gadhafi who has provided them with very good emanation and the best weaponry so that's clear that it will not be easy for the rebels to take control over these areas while they need it's actually dark the house where it has been

known and while. not surprisingly remains the country's number one priority is thought to be right now with his sons in this area and this is. one more reason to take control over this area as soon as possible the national transitional council has repeatedly been claiming recently that tree fully is not secure and is not safe and that they are working hard to. try to restore order in the country on the territory now controlled technically by the national transitional council but with reese he on the ground actually makes so. that they are successful so far apart from the humanitarian challenges this country extreme currently facing such as severe shortages shortages of water food medicine and. politically situation this very unstable the city is full of people with

unclear gender many of them very young with little knowledge how to use weapons and it's quite unclear who is controlling them. while the situation in libya remains tense russia is building up its relations with the country's new government after recently recognizing the rebels as the legitimate authority in libya moscow's no invited officials for economic talks which are expected to take place this week stay with our team for the latest developments around the clock. scuffles have broken out both inside and outside of course in colorado where former president hosni mubarak's trial has resumed the hearing was disrupted when lawyers for both the prosecution and the defense had to be separated by police outside hundreds of demonstrators including relatives of those killed during the federal uprising attempted to break through the main gates and gain access to the call for senior police officers are due to testify against mubarak at monday's hearing which will

be behind closed doors the eighty three year old is charged with corruption and ordering the killing of eight hundred fifty protesters during egypt's revolution that toppled him other protests have been continuing elsewhere in egypt with millions of people still unhappy slow pace of reforms from the interim leaders. ukraine says it's not willing to negotiate over gas prices with russia after the kremlin said it would rigorously defend the already agreed due in an international courts foreign minister sergey lavrov met his ukrainian counterpart to talk energy costs after kiev pushed for a new discount because of struggles in paying the current contract. has more. well certainly over the past seventy two hours it clearly seemed that the temperature in this new gas crisis has reached critical level especially with somewhat sensational and very loud statements made by president bush president of ukraine he planned to sue russia in the international court to have the two

thousand and nine gas contracts we buy also was a very stern reply coming from the kremlin the presidential press office sad that should ukraine decide to take this case into international court in stockholm then russia would be ready to stand its ground and depth of the law the international law was all its own russia side believing that russia would achieve victory should this law suit a cure now the situation has changed dramatically over the past twenty four hours with the ukrainian prime minister has out of saying that until the new price is agreed until the new contract is signed the ukraine will be sticking to the current contract and will be fulfilling all of legations. paying up to four hundred u.s. dollars for one thousand cubic meters of russian gas which is the market price and this is the price which ukraine has been pretty much on the happy with russia is not as strongly dependent on the ukrainian gas transportation system as it was back in two thousand and nine now we know according to russia's prime minister vladimir

putin the north stream by plane will be launched pretty much soon in fact it's a test run will be started to morrow on tuesday and winter stand in the months in a month's time the european consumers germany in particular will be receiving the gas through the north and that is something which was not existing in two thousand and nine also understand that the south stream pipeline is also going to going to be completed in the near future so this means that the european consumers have nothing to worry about according to all the officials. in the russian energy ministry and in the kremlin and we will not see another gas war which would affect the european continent this time around. patience is rapidly running out at the european central bank with greece being ordered to sharpen its cutting back as agreed in its brain out the euro zone's you're all in debt is widening and the chief wants to give brussels a bigger role in how countries manage their affairs. is that greece

could fail to get its second bailout to carry out the terms of its first one that's according to the european central bank chief claude trichet he said it's absolutely imperative to tighten the monitoring of countries in the eurozone now calling for a single european government to impose economic decisions on countries according to aaa more governors within the eurozone is absolutely essential i mean if you talk to your column it's here in brussels they're not sure reaching the single single government e.u. bureaucrats making decisions for national economies is the right way to go ahead or even that it will save the euro anyway with growing numbers of people here fearing the single currency maybe a sinking ship talks between the e.u. i.m.f. and the greek officials are falling apart the e.u. says greece has failed to cut its deficit you also have countries like finland who are resisting any more bailouts until they really understand what's going to going on in these troubled countries not just greece but obviously also portugal spain

the use given greece a few more weeks to go with through with the plan then check on the situation in that country again of course that's raising even more doubts about greece's ability to avoid quitting the euro so it's understandable why investors may be panicking here in europe at the moment. with european markets on the slide leaders are struggling to keep a lid on their finances and things are much sunnier out east r.t. here's in just over ten minutes from now when one of india's leading economists gives some currency counseling. i think is generally recognize that if you want to have a single currency it needs to be backed by a single for school authorities now since the euro zone is different countries that must have a very shared understanding of who's going to pay the bills the problem arise the challenge for europe how they're going to handle distribute it through trade i don't need it in anybody's interest to see a major financial collapse. and

some of the world's other main news right now it very nearly eighteen minutes past the hour a yemeni warplanes reportedly bombed a mosque in the south thought to be occupied by islamic militants killing at least thirty it follows the killing of seventeen extremists in yemeni air strikes in the region insurgents were linked to al-qaeda and took over the city of jar in april and the ongoing anti-government demonstrations and political crisis in the country . the much delayed trial of former french president jacques chirac is resuming with judges deciding whether the frail seventy eight year old is well enough to face court charged with embezzlement while mayor of paris and paying party members for non-existent jobs and long serving its leader is the first french president to go on trial since the second world war he faces ten years jail if convicted. and its main opposition party the former rebel movement which is now the ruling

party in the newly independent south sudan police arrested members and seized property claiming the s.p.l. party is illegal decades of civil war saw the country split in two in july but tensions remain in disputed territory where s.p.l. militias continued deadly skirmishes with sudanese troops. rescuers in japan are searching for those still missing after a powerful typhoon that left at least thirty four people dead and the storm caused massive floods and landslides as well as leveling roads and homes thousands of people are still stranded with many remote villages having been cut off is thought to be japan's worst storms since two thousand and four when almost one hundred people were killed. afghan officials say they found the bodies of two german citizens who work for an ngo in the country and went missing last month it's unclear whether they were killed by the taliban which recently stepped up its assault on foreign nationals with the recent resignation of nato commanding officer in afghanistan military contributor says it's vital the alliance capitalizes on his

work to win the war. general petraeus career. he's delicately of a counterinsurgency doctrine which he coauthored read of the us marine general martin dempsey the importance is not only limited to a defect that general petraeus pioneered and led the way to recess the tate to revamp grades and to promote the counterinsurgency doctrine in the new century the most significant fact that general petraeus coined doctrine that has ignited debate intellectual and wakening all across the military services and well beyond the united states it was the first step into the right direction from the calcified my optic bunker mentality conventional wishful thinking into the new vision of the world that's one of the general of the trails to be older respected

remembered and that myatt for well beyond the military community because it was he's the intel actual endeavor with the coin dog training that precipitated the paradigm shift in the military thinking from the conventional and complacent mentality to the conventional and symmetrical model operandi. where we've also not some popping entertainment you can seek out the surreal colorful gallery of. salvador dali whose exhibition is currently the russian capital. also on the website of the moment how's this for a fantastic facade this is moskos iconic state university building which was the focus of the capital's eight hundred sixty fourth birthday. and we've got me a spectacular show in full and altie dot com.

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twenty two minutes past the hour i'll be back with the headlines for you at home policy at about eight minutes from now in the meantime with the latest from the world of business stay with us live here in moscow. loaned a very warm welcome to the business bulletin pressure is easing in the gas dispute between russia and ukraine he says it will all of the current agreement but still wants to renegotiate prices moscow has said down its terms he wants to see agreed to merge with the state run not to guess what russia's gasp from this what effectively mean mosca will gain access to the gas transit network ukraine's president says the country will not allow this however the experts say it's hopes this choice ok if. they will be greed to create a joint venture on the trends of business if they want cheap gas they will have to go but the pipeline if they don't they will have to pay market prices for gas it

will be around three hundred eighty dollars bill thousand cubic meters starting from october the thing is the industry in ukraine is much more power hungry than you rule so ukrainian goods will inevitably be more expensive. let's have a look at the markets now oil is losing ground as investors speculate signs that the u.s. and china's economy is weakening indicating feel to month will falter in the world's largest crude consuming nations landis trading at one hundred and ten dollars per barrel while light sweet as close to eighty four dollars per barrel. story for us coupled with the butt jobs data from the few at speeds european financial slow with the markets dropping significantly as a result federal housing finance agency alleges that major you ass and european banks misrepresented the quality of mortgages they sold during the housing bubble as a result world bank of scotland and deutsche it mentions of the. we're down to and

eight percent respectively. and russian stocks have dropped for second day off to oil the country's main export revenue are now slips let's have a look at some of the individual stock that moves on the my six energy may just warm on the biggest loser this process to turn to health percent financials also ended in the red cross' biggest lenders burbank's slumped two point seven percent bucking the trend was rules to nickel it gained on the news that one of its main shareholders who sold didn't mind the victims were sent by but also made by the nickel producer wrapping up the day on draper donna from gazprom buying says the market is desperate for direction and. market lurks in the direction i think and any negative do still weigh quite heavily on the markets with the what's going on today especially in europe is because of the friday the poor results or what labor results from us this thursday will speak on the. unemployment

problem in the u.s. markets are trying to convince themselves that you'll see something you know strong enough to convince the markets to be better but still people kind of try to see in the sidelines and what you think you'll see on the more material will come out from over the speech. the falling market presents some opportunities for bargain hunters how with the mix seems from believes it is too early to call the bottom and there would be better off sticking to the side lights. it might be somewhat close to the bottom as some people believe and say and there are occasional boat officials around but you know prudent money would probably wait before making any serious decisions any quotes of blue chip name which is you know essentially has come off strongly and has good ability to generate cash to play didn't it would be a good church is clearly its own gas company

a sort of sniffed will quote from rush metal company just as last on there is between thirty to fifty percent year to date so they were the major loses in this game kinds for us you know obviously and then your recovery scenario companies like give ross machel could be a very good bargain several style etc. good weather and the end of the grand that's what ban won't help russia sending this year's crop abroad experts estimate the total export potential of this year's harvest obsessive million tons what the sources say they'll be lucky to export twenty five million tons and it's all to do with the inability to get the grain from the farms to the ports. which to me based here that we achieved more than three million tons of grain exports in august and we're going to stay like that but as we see the railway system is not able to transfer more to the ports where the dogs can travel shipments of up to five million tonnes amongst the real way system barely managed to transfer the august volumes. that wraps up the business bulletin for stores it can have told website

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activist. the head of the red cross makes a humanitarian visit to the country. the un to get the warring sides to avoid a repeat of libya. special forces to shoot at palestinian protesters as they prepared to support of the. a un bid for independence of it was already jewish settlers in the west bank but claims the sole purpose is to prevent bloodshed. backpedals ever threat of taking russia to court to force prices down moscow says it will stand its ground on the already signed deal you have to continue to insist on a price reduction but it's so far refusing to make any concessions on top stories so far here on r.t. now for decades america and europe lead the pack in the global economy their positions are floundering dragging much of the world with them but not everywhere now here's for.